i am trying to figure out how many solar panels can be placed on one acre of land and how much they cost to install
HOW MANY PANELS FIT IN THE ACRE FIELD? acre = 43560ft? First of all you can not fill the whole acre field with solar panels. There must be space between them so you can walk amongst them and so they don't shade each other. So let's say you can maximally cover 50% of the area. 43560ft?/2= 2780ft? a medium efficient, medium priced polycrystalline solar panel of 200w covers 6ft?. So how many can we fit in your field: 2780ft?/6ft?= 36pcs of 200W solar panels can fit on the field 36pcs*200w= 272200W =272kW of total power harvesting capacity per full sunny hour. HOW MUCH WILL THE PANELS COST? Since you will build such a large solar farm you will want to get the cheapest panels possible. the price per watt on solar panels today is as low as $,5. that will mount up to: 272200W in total *$,5 cost per watt = $408300 for all the solar panels HOW MUCH WILL THE EVERYTHING COST? The whole shebang will be much more expensive since you are going to need inverters, wiring, fuse boxes, handy men to install it all and so on. A 5kW total solar system costs about $0000 if bought from a solar company. that would mean $0 000 * 272200W/5000W= $544 400 for the whole shebang But I strongly believe since you are buying such large quantities you will be able to get better deals then the rest of us mortals. And then you will have a power plant making you free electricity for the next 25- 40 years to come. And you don't necessarily need to set it up in a particularly sunny place for it to be cost effective. Just look at this gorgeous solar Farm from France
The size you pick, therefore, should be decided on per your requirements. A 4kw system will need between 0 and 20 solar panels, with an initial cost of around ?7,000 for the module and installation. Systems larger than 25kW can't be accommodated on existing buildings. Instead this option is for those of you with vacant land, a location such as a farm or another open space.
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